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01-12-2007, 06:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Poo-Poo Land
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Most worthless piece of equipment?
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Just wondering - what's the most worthless piece of equipment that you purchased with the full intention of using, then found it to be more hassle than it's worth?
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01-12-2007, 07:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Having a hard time with this one - Mainly because I've only bought stuff because I needed it...
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01-12-2007, 07:09 PM
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beer -just brew it
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: brantford,ontario
Posts: 1,226
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i was thinking swmbo - but that's just wrong 
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beer, wine, cheese in various stages of production
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01-12-2007, 07:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Taunton, MA
Posts: 1,754
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Not so much a hassle, but I bought a 7.5 gallon kettle from one of the online vendors along with some weldless fittings for a thermometer and ball valve and a HopStopper. I got the pot first, drilled the holes in it and installed the ball valve and thermometer.
Then the HopStopper arrived and the diameter of the pot was too small even if I cut the HopStopper down to the shortest length it could be cut down to. My solution was to purchase a 15 gallon kettle with couplings welded in. Now I have a useless 7.5 gallon kettle with two holes drilled in it!
John
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01-12-2007, 07:12 PM
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For the love of beer!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cheshire, England
Posts: 11,849
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Iodine drops. I was hitting OG targets so never tested my mash.
I like lo-tech
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01-12-2007, 07:20 PM
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10th-Level Beer Nerd
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Adams, MA
Posts: 18,883
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Easy. Home Depot had electric turkey fryers on sale for $70, so on a whim I picked one up. It has absolutely no balls at all, it can barely maintain a boil on 2 gallons of wort, much less do a full boil. Completely worthless. Did two mostly-AG batches, with half the wort in that, half on the stovetop, before I got the banjo cooker and the keggle.
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01-12-2007, 08:09 PM
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Grouchy Old Fart
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eldorado, WI
Posts: 7,545
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I bought this thingy that holds your carboy upside down, thus turning it into a conical. Cost $25, I only used it once. It leaked like a sieve and the little faucet that was supposed to drain trub & hops got plugged up so I wound up transferring to secondary anyway.
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01-12-2007, 08:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Manhattan, KS
Posts: 2,021
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Originally Posted by orfy
Iodine drops. I was hitting OG targets so never tested my mash.
I like lo-tech
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Agree. I think I iodine tested my first two AG batches.
I've been pretty lucky: all of the expensive items I've purchased have worked out pretty well.
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01-12-2007, 08:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 1,273
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Fermentap. Worse yet, I bought two since I was doing 10 gallon batches at the time.
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01-12-2007, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 422
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Originally Posted by ablrbrau
I bought this thingy that holds your carboy upside down, thus turning it into a conical. Cost $25, I only used it once. It leaked like a sieve and the little faucet that was supposed to drain trub & hops got plugged up so I wound up transferring to secondary anyway.
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Originally Posted by BOSTONBREWIN'
Fermentap. Worse yet, I bought two since I was doing 10 gallon batches at the time.
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Well, I'm glad to know that the Fermentap is a POS. I was thinking about getting one but I guess now I will reconsider.
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Secondary 2: Monk's Tripel...
Bottled: Dark Star Brown Ale, Watership Stout, Yet to be named cider
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